Kee To Wellness

respectfully, i’m done feeling like a working mom is the sad answer to anything

i keep seeing the same trends, i didn’t marry a loser this is me at 10am, i married a provider this is me at 10am, girl math, just treat yourself, live the soft life. every one of them is implying that having a job is the embarrassing choice and frankly it’s not.

73% of moms in this country are in the workforce (BLS, 2023). in nearly half of opposite-sex marriages, both spouses earn about the same. in 16% the wife is the primary earner (Pew, 2023). working moms aren’t the niche, we’re the norm.

i’m a working mom of two with a full time 9-5. my paycheck is the insurance, part of our 401k, half the mortgage. i started my career with a $28k salary and climbed the ladder for the past 14 years. i’m not “settling”, i’m showing up for my family and myself.

you want to work. you have to work. or you do both. all three are real and all three are enough.

send this to a working mom who needed to hear it today 🤍

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sources: bls.gov employment characteristics of families 2023, pewresearch.org marriage earnings 2023



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